Yunqin Yang: Irishman in China: Robert Hart, Inspector General of the Chinese Imperial Maritime Customs [2013] hardback DUBLI Most studies of Alamein focus

Most studies of Alamein focus on the northern coastal sector where the main action was fought

progress is fast and enjoyable

Almost twenty years later

and no small share of luck would take Charles Hutton out of the pit to international fame

from animal and waterpower to the steam engine

Yunqin Yang: Irishman in China: Robert Hart, Inspector General of the Chinese Imperial Maritime Customs [2013] hardback DUBLI Most studies of Alamein focusIt was a long journey in more ways than mere geography from a childhood in Northern Ireland to becoming the most influential foreigner in 19th century China. This historical novel follows the life of Robert Hart, whose career in China spanned more than half a century during the turbulent last decades of the Qing dynasty. As the Qing government's Inspector General of the Maritime Customs Service, Hart was involved in many major events of late Imperial